Easel.



No. 766,982. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

J. ASSEL.

EASBL.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.13, 1903.

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Attorneys UNITED STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB ASSEL, OF VVATERVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BER- BECHER AND ROWLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WVATEt- VILLE, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Tatent No. 766,982, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed March 13, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcon Asset, of the town of W aterville, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Easels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description when taken in connection with the ac companying drawings, which form a part thereof, and in whiel1- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an easel with album mounted thereon embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view of the easel in its folded position; Fig. 3, a rear view of the same; Fig. 4:, a perspective view of the 5 attaching plate and pivot; Fig. 5, a rear view ofthe supporting member of the album, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of the same.

In all figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to easels for albums, books, and similar articles, and has for its object the production of a novel form of a twopart easel simple in manufacture and eflicient in use, which is adapted to be folded up 5 and lie flat when desired, as for transportation.

To this end my invention consists in novel means for connecting the main support or up right member of the easel with the shelf and back-brace, together with other improve- 3 ments more fully set forth and claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description, the parts designated by the letter A represent the main support or' upright member of the easel, which consists of a metal rod or tube taking substantially the form of an inverted U, and B designates the combined shelf and back-brace, which in the present constnuction takes the form of a 4 box or drawer. The two parts A and B are pivoted to each other by means of pivots C, which are formed of metal rods each having one end flattened to form an attaching-plate D, riveted or otherwise secured to the under side of the box B. The remaining portion of the rod is bent at three points E, so that the end F of the rod is parallel to the portion Gr,

but on a plane divergent to that of the plate Serial No. 147,667. (No model.)

Fig. 1, the lower end of the main support abuts against the portion Cr of the pivot-rod, which prevents any further turning movement of the box member B on the main support A. The easel is thereby held in place. By thus carrying the pivot-rods outwardly to connect them on the outside of the legs of the main support portions of the rods form the stops to check the rotary movement of the one member on the other. The rods by means of this outside connection hold the main support in place, thus preventing its being sprung out of position.

A further feature of my invention consists in the supporting member H, adapted to be socured to the back of the album I and to hang on the upper and arched portion of the main support A. The ends of this bar, as more fully shown in Fig. 6, are bent downward and outward and the downwardly-projecting portions K are bent at L, so that when the sup porting-bar is in its upright position its central portion will lie some distance away from the back of the album and by its bent portion will hold the album fiat against the main support.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a two-member easel, the combination with the main support; of a combined shelf and back-brace pivoted to swing within the legs of said main support, the pivot-pins of said shelf and back-brace projecting laterally from the same and engaging said legs of said main support from the outside thereof, substantially as described.

2. In a two-member easel, the combination with the main support; of a combined shelf and back-brace pivoted to swing within the legs of said main support, the pivots of said shelf and back-brace consisting of rods projecting laterally from the same and engaging said legs of said main support from the outside thereof and forming stops to limit the swing of one member on the other, substantially as described.

3. In a two-member easel, the combination with the main support; of a combined shelf and back-brace pivoted to swing within the legs of said main support, the pivots of said shelf and back-brace consisting of rods projecting laterally from the same and having their ends engaging the legs of said main support from the outside, and the intermediate portions forming stops to limit the swing of one member, substantially as described.

4. In an easel, the combination with an allel to said main support, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 5th day of March, 1903.

J AOOB ASSEL.

Witnesses:

ADAM WENDEL, J AS. E. CAVANAGH. 

